The Center was co-founded by former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford, Leonard Firestone and Dr. James West in 1982.[3] West also served as the Betty Ford Center's first medical director from 1982 until 1989.[3] He left that position to become the Betty Ford Center's director of outpatient services.[3]
Betty Ford's decision to undertake such a project followed on the heels of her own battle with alcohol dependence and diazepam addiction[4] and release from the Long Beach Naval Hospital.[5]
Betty Ford Center merged with Hazelden Foundation on February 10, 2014, to create the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
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